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5) Dobry
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A Bulgarian peasant boy must convince his mother that he is destined to be a sculptor, not a farmer.
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Lucky's Hard Pan volume .1
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Fearing that her legal guardian plans to abandon her to return to France, ten-year-old aspiring scientist Lucky Trimble determines to run away while also continuing to seek the Higher Power that will bring stability to her life.
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In the tiny sea town of Shora, Holland, Lina (one of Shora's six school children) wonders why there are no storks around because storks come to all the other villages. Her queries set off a chain of incidents wherein the five boys, Lina, their teacher, and several other Shorans become engaged in a rather frantic search for wheels to put on their roofs as nest bases for the birds.
11) Thimble summer
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Recounts the events of a nine-year-old farm girl in Wisconsin during a summer when a drought ends, her family adopts an orphan boy, a barn is built, and her pig wins a blue ribbon at the county fair.
12) The white stag
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Retells the legendary story of the Huns and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home.
13) The singing tree
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Life changes drastically for a Hungarian family when World War I upsets their peaceful, contented existence and the children are left in charge of the farm.
15) Miss Hickory
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Relates the adventures of a country doll made of an apple-wood twig with a hickory nut for a head.
18) --and now Miguel
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A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual.
19) The blue sword
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Harry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a native king with mysterious powers.
20) Watercress
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2024 Summer Reading K-5 Challenge #18 - Reading is an Adventure - Realisitic Fiction
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Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.